48S 
COLEOPTEPvOUS INSECTS FOUND IN 
N. obsoleta, IlUg. Marsh. Steph. 
On Boleti, and sometimes on phenogamous plants. Cor- 
storphine Hill. Numerous varieties occur. 
N. impressa, Kirhy, StepJi. 
On putrescent^Boleti, Polypori, &c. Duddingston wood. 
June. 
Gen. Meligethes. 
M. rufipes, Steph. Nitid. rufipes, Marsh. 
On plants, not very common. June — August. 
M. flavimanus, Kirhy, Nitid. cenea^ Marsh. 
On the flowers of the Dandelion and other Syngeneseous 
plants, not very rare. May — July. 
M. viridescens, Steph. Nitid. viridescens., Fab. Marsh. 
Exceedingly abundant on the flowers of trees, and of 
herbaceous plants. On the flowers of the Sycamore-tree, 
about a mile above Dalkeith. On Thistles, Duddingston, 
&c. &c. May — August. 
M. Pedicularius, Steph. Silpha Fedicularia, Linn. Nitid. 
latipes, Marsh. 
Not unfrequent on plants. 
Gen. Cateretes. 
C. Urticae, Illig. Steph. Silpha pulicaria, Linn. 
On the plant from which it derives^its specific name, but 
not common. 
Gen. MicROPEPLus. 
M. porcatus, Latr. Steph. Nitid. porcata, Marsh. 
Not very common; among grass and moss occasional. 
Blackford Hill. Craiglockhart. 
M. staphylinoides, Samou. Steph. Nitid, staphylinoides, 
Marsh. 
